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Overview

Richard D. Ernst is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry. They have also contributed to Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, as well as Organic Chemistry and studies relating to Radiation and Oncology.

The scientist's key areas of work encompass several specialized topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties

Richard D. Ernst has published extensively in notable venues. The majority of their publications appear in "The Cambridge Structural Database," with 54 works documented there. Additional research has been published in "Polyhedron," with two contributions.

Recent publications include:

  • CCDC 2019767: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2019510: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2050235: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2019017: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2019509: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Atta M. Arif
  • Benjamin G. Harvey
  • Rehan Basta
  • Matthias Tamm
  • Ryan T. VanderLinden

Best Publications

  • Concentration of Ce3+ and Oxygen Vacancies in Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles

    P. Dutta;S. Pal;M. S. Seehra;Y. Shi

  • Structural and reactivity patterns in transition-metal-pentadienyl chemistry

    Richard D. Ernst

  • Metal-pentadienyl chemistry

    Richard D. Ernst

  • Pentadienyl Ligands: Their Properties, Potential, and Contributions to Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

    Richard D. Ernst

  • Silica aerogel supported catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

    Brian C. Dunn;Paul Cole;Daniel Covington;Matthew C. Webster

  • Equilibria studies involving ligand coordination to open titanocenes: phosphine and pentadienyl cone angle influences and the existence of these electron-deficient molecules

    Lothar Stahl;Richard D. Ernst

  • Metal-Metal Bond Cleavage Reactions. The Crystallization and Solid State Structural Characterization of Cadmium Tetracarbonyliron, CdFe(CO)4

    Richard D. Ernst;Tobin Jay Marks;James A Ibers

  • The Nature of Bis(cyclopentadienyl)uranium Dichloride and Cyclopentadienyluranium Trichloride in Solution and in the Solid State

    Richard D. Ernst;William J. Kennelly;Cynthia Secaur Day;Victor W. Day

  • Syntheses, structures, and reactivity studies of half-open ruthenocenes and their oxodienyl analogues

    M. Elena Navarro Clemente;Patricia Juarez Saavedra;Marisol Cervantes Vasquez;M. Angeles Paz-Sandoval

  • Longer but Stronger Bonds: Structures of PF3, P(OEt)3, and PMe3 Adducts of an Open Titanocene

    Richard D. Ernst;Jeffrey W. Freeman;Lothar Stahl;David R. Wilson

  • Enhancement in the reducibility of cobalt oxides on a mesoporous silica supported cobalt catalyst

    Dae Jung Kim;Brian C. Dunn;Paul Cole;Greg Turpin

  • Synthesis, characterization, and solid-state structural determination of tris(2,4-dimethylpentadienyl)neodymium, Nd(2,4-C7H11)3

    Richard D. Ernst;Teddy H. Cymbaluk

  • Closed, half open, and open ferrocenes: redox behavior and electron spin resonance of the radical cations

    Christoph. Elschenbroich;Edgar. Bilger;Richard D. Ernst;David R. Wilson

  • SHORTER NONBONDED THAN BONDED CONTACTS OR NONCLASSICAL METAL-TO-SATURATED CARBON ATOM INTERACTIONS?

    Robert Tomaszewski;Isabella Hyla-Kryspin;Charles L. Mayne;Atta M. Arif

  • Metal complexes of anionic 3-borane-1-alkylimidazol-2-ylidene derivatives

    Andreas Wacker;Andreas Wacker;Chao Guo Yan;Gisela Kaltenpoth;Achim Ginsberg

  • Structure and bonding in metal-pentadienyl and related compounds

    Richard D. Ernst

  • Bonding, hyperfine interactions, and lattice dynamics of bis(pentadienyl)iron compounds

    Richard D. Ernst;David R. Wilson;R. H. Herber

  • Structural and spectroscopic demonstration of agostic C-C interactions in electron-deficient metallacyclobutanes and related cage complexes: possible implications for olefin polymerizations and metatheses.

    Benjamin G. Harvey;Charles L. Mayne;and Atta M. Arif;Richard D. Ernst

  • Investigation of Zr-C, Zr-N, and potential agostic interactions in an organozirconium complex by experimental electron density analysis.

    Sebastien Pillet;Guang Wu;Vichien Kulsomphob;Benjamin G. Harvey

  • Ring fusion and polycyclic ring constructions via half-open titanocenes

    Anne M. Wilson;Thomas E. Waldman;Arnold L. Rheingold;Richard D. Ernst

Frequent Co-Authors

Atta M. Arif
Atta M. Arif University of Utah
Ronald J. Pugmire
Ronald J. Pugmire University of Utah
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Rolf Gleiter
Rolf Gleiter Heidelberg University
Fred Basolo
Fred Basolo Northwestern University
Frederick G. West
Frederick G. West University of Alberta
Gerald P. Huffman
Gerald P. Huffman University of Kentucky
Victor W. Day
Victor W. Day University of Kansas
William C. Trogler
William C. Trogler University of California, San Diego

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